The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-07
The Governor Calls Out the
Militia but they Come Late
and Catch No Onel
y NEWS SUPPRESSED N lEIV[A!
The Daily Press Hold Their Jaw About
the Outrage-whyi Search
Below and Learn!

For the Enquirer.
AZ the last session Of the Legislature Of
the state Of Ohio rich, Inscriptions and
really "Anarchistic' lobby was in attend
ancc charged with a duty Of infamy by a
gnng Of ohio capitalists.
These capitalists desired the legislature
to make them grant Of certain lands
owned by the state Of Ohio and TO which
they laid claim under shadowy question
Of title.
Those lands had been for years held by
tho state; had been improved by II and
anquestionablp were its property. Fail
ing to oust the state from possession in
the courts, these wealthy Anarchists"
used their lobby and aimed by bribery Of
the servants Of the people to rob the state
by gift" Of what properly belonged TO
the whole people. But the scheme failed;
because there we're in the Legislature GER
tain "labor' members who were honest
men and who nj pped the proposed rascal
ity in the bud.
public reservoir has been constructed
by the state upon those lands and the
waters thus collected serve rs the princi-
pal feeder TO tho Miami aud Lake Eric
canal whose principal terminus is at To-
ledo. This canal has always been and
still n ".- syv-sore W @,v ,slrnnd nnnopo.
lists of Ohio. II WIS necessary to enable
them To fully oppress the people that they
should control II.
N tssy ssalJ have ~ ,,ii'en Ic Thorn by
the legislature, we'll aud good. but II not
., was deemed necessary by them to stoI
the canal At all hazards. They therefore
claimed title 10 the reservoir lands and
under n legal quirk are now endoavorinp
tosccure constructive possession" thereof
an the hopes that the state will sue in
eiectment against them, and that by tn,
bribery OF n judge thoy can secure illegal
title. II is barefaced attempt at theft
All of this news has been carefully sup
pressed by the Satanic daily press of this
land, whose columns would have narod
with headlines II IL had been case OF
some poor devil iusIihably rcsisting some
Infamous action of authority.
On April % the capitalists OF Paulding
county aforesaid put an armed force into
tho field aud forcibly took possession OF
tho property of the state. This was troa'
sou. Three hundred men, hired bravos,
armed and masked, paid big wages and
guaranteed legal immunity for thcir act'
cutcred upon the land and nLsw ur WITH
DYNAMITE aud destroyed the locks of tn,
Pauiding county reservoir. Tho news wa:
received nj the governors Office the next
day at o'clock. Governor Foraker Al
once tclegraphcd Adjutant- General Axline
,who was In Fostorie on private business
To proceed immet lately to Defiance and
take command OF military compan!
which would be under arms there, and als'
to arrange for the cooperation of othe
companies ofohio National Guards II nee
~.sary. The commander at atNapoleon had
hesn already notified To proceed with hi
t,oops TO Defiance, but this order WAS
aftervard countermanded and Toledo
company sent to tho scene. In addition
to those precautions the governor tcle
graphed @. A. Flicklinger, member of thu
board OF public works, to ask for specia
grand jury to indict the rioters, and de
mand Of the Paulding county officials tina
prompt and vigorous measures be take'
70 bring tho guilty parties to Justice
Late in the evening Governor Foraker Is
sued the following proclamation;
EXECUTIVE 0rrroK, April 20.